NewCath trying for third straight baseball title

NCC looking to replace injured leadoff hitter

5:40 PM,
May 25, 2013

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If going for a three-peat isn't hard enough without putting any qualifiers to it, the Newport Central Catholic baseball team is faced with trying to accomplish that feat in this coming week's Ninth Region tournament against an extremely competitive field and without its leadoff hitter and third baseman.

The draw for the tournament was held on Saturday afternoon at Dixie Heights High School. NewCath (20-13), the 36th District runner-up, drew 34th District champion Dixie Heights (25-12) in Monday's first of four first-round games at 10 a.m. at the Florence Freedom's University of ...